Parker, Ely Samuel

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Parker, Ely Samuel

N.Y. Seneca Indian and Union Bvt.B.Gen, Son of a famous Seneca Chief.

 

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Additional information: At Appomattox, Parker was assigned the duty of committing the terms of surrender to paper. It was said that he was the only one of the assemblage who remained sufficiently in control of his emotions to be able to do so.